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the original user interface for borrowing power you were never born with.
means A liquid mixture, often medicinal or magical, that you drink to produce some intended effect — healing, harm, love, or transformation.
from From Latin 'potio,' meaning 'a drink' or 'draught,' rooted in the verb 'potare,' 'to drink' — the same thirsty source that gives us 'potable' water. It reached English through Old French 'pocion.' Notably, 'potion' and 'poison' are twins separated at birth: both descend from that same Latin 'potio,' which is fitting, since a drink meant to cure and a drink meant to kill are often only a dosage apart.
- latin root
- shares ancestry with poison and potation
- medieval pharmacy
- actual medicine before science showed up
- love brews
- often just wine, herbs, and desperate hope
- witch tech
- recipes encoded centuries of real plant knowledge
- gaming staple
- red bottle equals not dying today
felix felicis — liquid luck potion from harry potter series, grants drinker extraordinary good fortune
love potion number 9 — 1959 song and 1992 film about a magical charm that makes people fall in love
witch's brew — traditional halloween potion made with dry ice and food coloring, created in countless homes and parties